Why the study?
Does the degree of non-suppression of cortisol by dexamethasone reflect the quantity of stress or distress experienced by a patient?
Population
Patients experiencing stress or distress, including depressed patients
Design
Other
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DST should not guide depression-specific decisions; leaves open its role as a general stress quantifier pending validation.
Does the degree of non-suppression of cortisol by dexamethasone reflect the quantity of stress or distress experienced by a patient?
The dexamethasone suppression test is hypothesized to be a quantitative measure of general stress or distress rather than a specific diagnostic marker for depression.
Mellsop et al. (1985) studied this question.
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